Massaging apparatus



Nov. 28, 1933. TRAUTWEIN 1,937,448

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9 k212i ,i fi l O Patented Nov. 28, 1933 1,937,442 MASSAGI NG APPARATUSFritz Trautwein, Freiburg-in-Breisgau, Germany Application J anuary 19,

1932, Serial No. 587,571.

and in Germany January 26, 1931 1 Claim.

I have filed an application in Germany on January 26, 1931.

This invention relates to massaging apparatus, 7

and particularly to those of the hydraulic type.

II t is an object of this invention to provide a portable apparatushaving provision for connection to'domestic water systems and preferablythose having hot and cold water circulating pipesto which the saidapparatus may be connected.

In many of the water systems of municipalities, the water pressure isvariable and not sufliciently powerful to deliver a jet with adequateforce to effect massaging of the scalp or parts to be treated, and thisis especially true where the circulating pipes reach great elevations asthey do in high buildings.

It is an object of this invention, therefore, to provide a distributingapparatus by which water from the service pipes may be commingled forairegulating the temperature and thereafter expelled under such pressureas is desirable for massaging purposes It is a further object of thisinvention to provide means for expelling the water under force Iand toprovide novel means for regulating the pressure and controlling theoperation of the propelling instrumentalities.

It is a further object of this invention to pro-- vide a device of thecharacter indicated in order jthat it may be readily transportable andin which its connection to and disconnection from the water system maybe expeditiously accomplished, the

said device proving efiicient and satisfactory in use, as well ascomparatively inexpensive to proiduce and maintain.

With the foregoingand other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and jclaimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this application, wherein likecharp acters denote corresponding parts in the several Iviews, and inwhich- Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of an apparatusembodying the invention with one side regulated and since'the dial 1 isreadily in view,

electric type which may b p ied with current through an electric fixturec which is conventionally illustrated,'it being understood that themotor will have suitable wiring for utilizing current delivered throughthe said electric fixture; The armature shaft 2 of the motor isconnected to the shaft 3 of the pump by suitable means, but theseelements may be of any, appropriate con-' struction and need not bedescribed in detail. A,

control switch 4 may be used for regulating the current to the motorand, by this and other means to be presently explained, the pressure ofthe water issuing from the pump may be regulated.

A hand wheel d may be used to control the mechanism of a valve 5, whichis conventionally 1 shown, and the said valve is designed to regulatethe pressure of water passingthroughthe pipe e to be used, as will bepresently explained. A dial f of a gage 6 is exposed at the top of thecasing, and a pipe '7 leads to the said gage and communi- 5 cates with apipe, to be presently explained. Pipes g, and h have nipples which maybe connected to the hot and cold water spigots of. a Water system, andthe pipe 9/ has a connection 2 with a mixingvalve 10, whereas the pipe hhas a 9. connection with the'mixing valve through a pipe 9, it beingunderstood that the-spigots to which the pipes g and -h are connectedwill be utilized for determining the fiow of water to the pipes toinsure. a proper temperature. 85

A pipe 111. connects the mixing valve with the pump and hence as thepump is operated it will act to force water to a pipe n which isconnected to the pump by the. pipe 6. It is shown in the drawing thatthe pipe 7 communicates with the pipe 12 and therefore the pressure ofwater in'the pipe'n will be registered'by' the gage 6. A pipe 0 is incommunication withthe top of the pipe n and a hose or pipe (not shown)may be connected to it for utilizing the water which has been compressedby the pump.

By means of this apparatus, the temperature of the water, as well as thepressure, may be an operator can regulate the valves or the-operation ofthe pump to secure the desired results.

The gage p is also visible at the top of the casing and it has a pipe 10communicating with the bottom of the pipe n for registering the temlogtively to the hot and cold water pipes of a house system, a third pipeleading from said valve to the intake side of the pump, a fourth pipeleading from said pump in whichpipe the pressure of the water isincreased as compared with the pressure in the pipes of the housesystem, the said pipe extending to the exterior of the casing and thenprovidedwith means for. connection to a massaging-instrumentality, avalve in said fourth pipe having an operating handle on the exterior ofthe casing, and means carried by the casing to control the speed of saidmotor. I

- FRITZ TRAUTWEIN.

